If this is true, the AI needs to be the one who is paid. Additionally, the company canâ(TM)t sign on behalf of the AI. The AI shouldnâ(TM)t be allowed to sign away itâ(TM)s rights to the company until it can be shown the be cognizant of what that means and should be represented by independent legal council. This list goes on of course â¦

If there is one thing that history has taught us, it is that we don't learn from history.

If we adopt that approach, we really need to vaccinate the world for Tuberculosis, cholera, bird flu, lassa, Ebola, dengue (which recently made its way to Florida), chaggas and a whole host of others on the off chance that they will make their way to the United States.

If the app must have and enforce moderation policies on user generated content, so should similar apps such as the various bulletin board apps as well as browsers such as Safari, Firefox, and Chrome.

There is one difference. With journalists, restaurant reviewers, television critics, bloggers, usually you know who they are and there is a way to contact them. If you've been "Fact Checked" by some "Independent Fact Checker" on FB or Twitter for example, you have no way to know who they are, what their accuracy has been over time, no way to contact them, no way to look up other things that they have "Fact Checked" to see if they have an agenda or what their personal take on issues are. No way to know even what country they are in or what their expertise is in the field that you are discussing. No way to know if they are a world class expert on the issue or a kid just out of high school. If they have fact checked you, you have no way of knowing what their sources are. I've seen stuff "fact checked" where the fact checker was blatantly wrong and there was new more accurate information published in reputable journals such as Science, Nature, New England Journal of Medicine or the Lancet. How can you reach out to the "fact checker" to let them know that their information is out of date? You can't. What if their sources are more reliable? How do you know? A simple: "You've been fact checked and you are wrong" doesn't really mean anything as there is no way to know if this is truly correct. In fact, look at this debate that we are having right here, right now on /. We are in effect trying to "fact check" each other and there is no real resolution. This despite the fact that we are able to have a mostly civil dialog back and forth and can post sources as needed.

Additionally, for many issues that have been "fact checked", it is a matter of opinion and there is no clear answer. Much of the strife between the Democrats and Republicans has to do with seeing the world in very different ways and solving the world's problems with very different approaches. If you try to prove that one approach is factual and the other is not, both parties will be able to haul out and display plenty of qualified experts with perfectly valid scientific studies to back them up. The issue will never be solved by a panel of "experts". The point being that for many issues, there is no clear answer and a simple "fact check" will never be able to definitively resolve. "Fact Checkers" unlike those you mention purport to (and literally do) have the final say on any issue. With those you mention, there is always the understanding that some people might like different restaurants or television shows than the reviewer. The journalist understands that new facts may come to light.

So given all this, there is a big difference between journalists, reviewers, critics or even outright bloggers. "Independent Fact Checkers" are truly a creature unlike any other. They are the "Ministry of Truth" who whisper in their secret meetings: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."

“The ideal set up by the Party was something huge, terrible, and glittering—a world of steel and concrete, of monstrous machines and terrifying weapons—a nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting—three hundred million people all with the same face.”

She got tired of having to use a 3 1/2 inch floppy.

Hasselblad built their reputation on the fine quality of their lenses and optics. They are, quite literally, legendary. But wait ... Do they make their optics? No, they do not. Hasselblad lenses are and have been made by Fuji. When you shoot with Hasselblad, you are shooting with Fuji lenses. And honestly, Fuji lenses are legendary. Their 110mm prime is perhaps the best portrait lens ever made. And Fuji has decided to enter the market that has been occupied by Hasselblad with their digital medium format GFX 50, GFX 50r and even more seriously with the GFX 100 and GFX 100s. The GFX 100s' sensor is 1.7 times larger than full frame and offers 102MP with an absolutely stunning dynamic range and low light performance. What's more, Fuji is offering the 100s for just over $6,000 which totally beats the pants off of Hasselblad and Phase One. What's more, the firmware of the Fuji cameras isn't quirky like the Hasselblad. So if you really want Hasselblad's legendary performance, skip over the middleman and buy a Fuji.

The digger tried to dig with 500 strokes and they recorded nearly 500 quakes. I wonder if they have figured out what caused the quakes yet...

Breaking information from the FBI reveals that a significant percentage of the protesters who entered the United States Capitol Building are regular users of Charmin. What’s more, an analysis of their phone data has revealed that the Charmin users are heavy users of squares and refuse to limit their usage to only a square or two revealing their revolutionary nature. In an interview with one Capitol Hill Charmin user, they stated that “I like to live on the edge. I don’t care what the Ninny Nannys say, I’ll use a handful because it is nice and cushy.” According to sources, what really drew the ire of not only the FBI but the CIA were the Scott users. They used their TP by the handful and were blamed as a reason for this spring’s toilet paper shortage. The FBI in a statement called Scott the Saturday Night Special of TP. On the legislative front, Nancy Pelosi stated :”We need to deplatform these revolutionaries. We will deplarform them and pass a new set of laws so they can’t spread their toilet paper usage revolution. Jesus didn’t use toilet paper. If He didn’t use TP, we can save the environment by not using TP too.” As this article went to press, a photo surfaced of Nancy Pelosi posing as a big game hunter in front of her closet of TP...

How is this any different than Facebook and Twitter censoring the posting of the NY Postâ(TM)s article on Hunter Bidenâ(TM)s emails? The NY Post is the third largest paper in the United States and their article on Hunterâ(TM)s emails and shenanigans was blacked out by both Twitter and FB. There has been an almost complete blackout on CNN/MSNBC/etc. This isnâ(TM)t the first time theyâ(TM)ve squashed media coverage that wasnâ(TM)t favorable to the Democratic Party or that could affect their public narrative. So are we approaching a defacto state run media that is run less by a government overseer and more by partisanship? At least with the Zoom censorship, there is clear evidence of past terrorist actions and that should make anybody at least nervous. Here is an article on the post story https://nypost.com/2020/10/21/...

I'd be really interested in reading the studies you are referencing that say that anti-malarial drugs aren't effective. It would be interesting to compare these studies to studies that say just the opposite such as this one from Monash University that says that Ivermectin is highly effective. https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/coronavirus-fight-possible-covid-19-drug-identified-by-scientists

You will. They will tie it to your credit card number and you will have to identify yourself at the checkout counter.

Seems like an April 1 post. Something seems inherently wrong about this.

Ok, the moon is round(ish). Are they saying that it has shrunk in one direction to make it skinner in the same way that a massively obese round person becomes skinnier? Or are they saying the diameter has reduced over time? I'm not sure skinnier is even a word as far as serious scientific research is concerned. It would be fun to see how often the word skinnier shows up in Science or Nature. (Especially as it is applied objects.)

Toilets are an environmental disaster. Made of ceramic, they can stay in âoelike newâ condition for over 80,000 years long after the supposed AirPod crisis. They accumulate with each poop squirting generation. In fact, it is projected that most of the worldâ(TM)s toilets will have not decomposed by the time roaches become the primary sentient beings on the planet.